Costello (Translator), Porochista Khakpour (Introduction) 163 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 12.49 15 Used from 4.89 7 New from 8.49 1 Collectible from 38. It is difficult to imagine, in spite of its strange compelling force, the audience to which this journal is directed. The Blind Owl Paperback Octoby Sadegh Hedayat (Author), D.P. Niami and Akar, Investigating translation strategies and translatability of fixed expressions in The Blind Owl by Hedayat Summer and Autumn 2021, 3(2), 669-688 670 Comprehending the meaning of idioms and fixed expressions of each language needs good knowledge of both languages and cultures. Sadeq Hedayat’s ‘The Blind Owl’ is one of the most important literary works in Persian language. Legend and folklorish incidents included lend their own brand of frenzy to the nightmare. All of these are the reflections of himself seen in his mirror. He thinks in her mind, in the mind of the old man and in the minds of assorted conjured-up characters. The ephemeral woman assumes many poses - she is this sought for, longed for, other-worldly ideal, his whorish wife, finally his victim.

His mind plays back and forth among these images, reverting to childhood scenes.

The narrator pictures a cypress tree shading a gnarled old man, facing, across a stream, an ethereal young woman in black. The mental images which haunt the madman, the narrator, are played with different variations- he is at one and at different times the several wispy figures he imagines. The weird, feverishly introspective, obsessive, compulsive ravings and jottings of a madman are here offered as a novel by this Persian writer, disciple of Sartre.

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